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Numerous residents of Whittlesford from about the years 1858 to 1862 are mentioned in the diary of William Farrington. He was living in Whittlesford in 1858 but by 1861 had married and moved to Duxford.
The precise locations of the homes of many of those mentioned in the censuses are currently unknown.
1861 census Whittlesford:
Ann Sheldrick, 90, widow, grocer, b Whittlesford
James, 30, plumber painter glazier, b Whittlesford
Thomason, daughter in law, 24, b Great Shelford
Harriett, 4, granddaughter
Edward, 2, grandson
Ann, 1 m, granddaughter
Lois Ann Pilgrim, 10, granddaughter
Thomas Thurnall, 43, boarder, gentleman.
1861 census Whittlesford
Richard Sheldrick, 57, carpenter, b Whittlesford
Phoebe, 59, b Abraham
1861 census Whittlesford
Robert Maynard, 53, mechanic engineer and farmer occupying 100 acres employing 26 men and 4 boys, b Whittlesford
Jane, 54, b Herts
Anne, 23, b Whittlesford
Emma, 20, b Whittlesford
Helen, 18, b Whittlesford
Robert, 16, engineer, b Whittlesford.
Walter Maynard, the eldest son, b 1835, is known to have emigrated to Australia in 1857: Victoria Passenger Lists 1839 – notes for 1857: Walter Maynard, 22, engineer. Departure Gravesend, arrival 20.8.1857 Port Phillip Bay.
1861 census Whittlesford:
John Pamphilon, 52, carpenter, b Whittlesford
Ann, 50, b Whittlesford
John, 20, carpenter, b Whittlesford
James, 17, carpenter, b Whittlesford
Ned, 16, carpenter, b Whittlesford
Mary Ann, 14, b Whittlesford, deaf and dumb
Ann, 9, b Whittlesford
Rebecca, mother, widow, 84, parish pauper, b Harston.
1861 census Whittlesford
George Barker, 66, farmer occupying 220 acres, b Great Shelford
Mary, 50, b Essex; George, 20, b Whittlesford
Emma, 21, b Whittlesford
William, 18, b Whittlesford
Frederic, 16, b Whittlesford
Joseph, 12, b Whittlesford
Lois Anna Smith, daughter, married, 24, b Whittlesford
Thomas Smith, son in law, 32, farmer, occupying 32 acres, b Burwell.
1861 census Whittlesford
Charlotte Thurnall, 40, dressmaker, b Whittlesford
Charles Henry, lodger, 23, blacksmith, b Orwell
Martha Henry, lodger, 20, b Ashwell.
1861 census Whittlesford: possibly, Allen White, 49, brewer and baker, b Essex – despite the occupation, this seem to be the only White family in Whittlesford around this time
1861 census Whittlesford
John Headly, 63, farmer occupying 650 acres, b Stapleford
Catharine, 45, b Study Camps
Henry, son, 23, b Stapleford
Mary Godolphin Osborne, daughter, married, 21, b Stapleford
William Godolphin Osborne, grandson, 3 mos, b Whittlesford
William Godolphin Osborne, son in law, 25, gentleman, b Herts
Mary Andrews, 52, cook, b Essex
Emily Flack, 14, servant, b Cambridge.
1861 Whittlesford
Joseph Peters, 41, ag lab, b Whittlesford
Anne, 39
Alfred, 18
William, 12
Jane, 10
Obediah, 9
Solomon, 7
1861 Whittlesford
Georgiana Farnes daughter, 20, b Middlesex
John, 19, 3rd officer merchant navy, b Middlesex
Kate, 15, b Middlesex
Isaac, 12, b Middlesex
Horatio, 7, b Essex
Mary Ann Belton, visitor, 25, b London
Ada Littlechild, 14, servant, b Whittlesford
1861
Stephen Lofts, 78, parish pauper, b Duxford
Mary, 56, b Melbourn
1861
Charles Nunn, 38, pauper, b Whittlesford
Mary A, 40, b Cambridge
Jesper W, 17, ag lab, b Whittlesford
Abraham, 11, ag lab, b Whittlesford
Reuben, 8, ag lab, b Whittlesford
Margaret, 6, b Whittlesford
Jamar, 4, b Whittlesford
Aaron, 2, b Whittlesford
1861 census: Whittlesford
Richard C Runham, 50, shoemaker, b Whittlesford
Elizabeth, 47, b Pampisford
John, 20, employee at paper mills, b Whittlesford
James, 16, ag. lab., b Whittlesford
Daniel, 14, ag. lab., b Whittlesford
Mary C, 11, b Whittlesford
1861 census: Whittlesford
John Arnold, 57, farmer 84 acres employing 4 men and 1 boy, b Thriplow
Mary A Andrew, sister in law, 60, b Essex
John A, 24, b Whittlesford
Jeremiah E, 17, b Whittlesford
Benjamin, 15, b Whittlesford
Ann, 11, b Whittlesford
Joseph A, 9, b Whittlesford
Sarah Law, 16, servant, b Fowlmere
1861 Whittlesford
Thomas Creek, 58, farm bailiff, b Whittlesford
Ann, 42, b Whittlesford
Thomas, 9, b Whittlesford
Alice, 5, b Whittlesford
Nathan, 20, son in law, gardener, b Whittlesford
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